To those of Steerplanet. I have a problem and hes a kicker.

So this what happened.
I was blowing out my steer he was fine. I blew his hair back to front (not completely dry) and then I blew his legs. Back legs and front were fine and then I went to blow back through got to his shoulder and he kicks me. How He could reach that far I have know Idea. So. I turned the blower off. let him calm down and i brushed him.. I started again *pfffttt pffft shhwarrhha {thats my blower noise}* get that side done and he was fine. I did his tail.. yeah that was ok. I did the exact same thing to the other side. Got to the mid section almost the the shoulder and he nails me again. I know have to bruises and and badly bruised foot. I didnt stop blowing until he was dry. He was pretty Pi$$ed at me. I wasnt letting him get what he wanted.

Long story short.
How can I fix this problem.
Lindsey
'Linnyyyyy'
PS his name is Romeo xD and he weighs 430 ish pounds

keep wrking with him 

When you have seen enough of them, you learn if it is a attention getter or just scared,or mean.
Cure or lack of depends

When I come across a kicker this is what I do.  I get into position with the blower and blow the body as per normal within normal range of the animal.    I then keep blower contact with them but move just out of range a bit and then i will flip the hanging portion of the blower hose so that it smacks their back leg.  This may result in a kick.  If it does I will keep doing this until they get tired of kicking and not really hitting anything.  Also, if you are working your steer like you normally would and get kicked the only time I would shut off the blower is if you are too wounded to keep going.  I start back on them with what I explained above until I can get some good time back on them without them kicking.  This and just generally working with them should help.

Just putting in the time should help. Once in a while you can get one who won't stop. I usually put them infrount of a wall ( you can also duxktape some plastic to it if you really want to scare it out of them.)  Ill start working with them like normal and. If they smack the wall with there foot they. Learn that kicking causes fright or slight pain. Just don't beat on them. Its not an instant reaction and it can just make them mean.

I had a calf that did the same. When I washed him, He was in a grooming chute with the bottom cross bar in. I was washing the front shoulder and he kicked me between the eyes with his back leg,over the bar, came to find out he just didnot like me ,was fine with everyone else. Keep trying and maybe he will work through it.

Thank you guys so much I will keep working with him. I was thinking. I have a lounge whip i used with my horse. Its like a long stick with a big rope thing on it lol. I was thinking of using that and using the rope around his legs its like 10ft long and work with him that way I think he is more scared of the hose more than anything?